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Pleurodesis fails in as many as 30% of cases. An alternative is to place a PleurX Pleural Catheter or Aspira Drainage Catheter. This is a 15Fr chest tube with a one-way valve. Each day the patient or caregivers connect it to a simple vacuum tube and remove from 600 to 1000 mL of fluid, and can be repeated daily. When not in use, the tube is capped.
Pleurodesis is performed to prevent recurrence of spontaneous pneumothorax or pleural effusion, and can be done chemically or mechanically.It is generally avoided in patients with cystic fibrosis if possible, because lung transplantation becomes more difficult following this procedure.
CareFusion was created in 2009 as a spinoff of medical technology businesses from Cardinal Health. [1] It began publicly trading on the New York Stock Exchange on September 1, 2009. [ 2 ] Cardinal's core business was drug distribution , a low-margin and low-risk, predictable business, with which the higher-margin, higher-risk medical technology ...
A chest tube (also chest drain, thoracic catheter, tube thoracostomy or intercostal drain) is a surgical drain that is inserted through the chest wall and into the pleural space or the mediastinum.
Pyxis Corporation was a San Diego company co-founded by Ronald R. Taylor and investor Tim Wollaeger in 1987. The company is the first to develop MedStation products in 1990 and is also a market leader for automated medication management, [1] developing an automated dispensing cabinet under the name Pyxis.
Pleural empyema is a collection of pus in the pleural cavity caused by microorganisms, usually bacteria. [1] Often it happens in the context of a pneumonia, injury, or chest surgery. [1]
Pneumothorax ex vacuo is a rare type of pneumothorax which forms adjacent to an atelectatic lobe. [1] It is seen preferentially with atelectasis of the right upper lobe and is the result of rapid atelectasis producing an abrupt decrease in the intrapleural pressure with subsequent release of nitrogen from pleural capillaries.